Scintigraphic imaging in renal infections

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-77

  Rossleigh, M A ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infection; Kidney diseases; Radionuclide imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FUROSEMIDE; MERTIATIDE TC 99M; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADRENAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; CYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG MEGADOSE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; KIDNEY CYST; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LEUKOCYTE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIATION DOSE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RENOGRAPHY; SCAR FORMATION; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CICATRIX; HUMANS; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEUKOCYTES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PYELONEPHRITIS;

EID: 65749084409     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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